When I Am Dead: The Writings of George M. Teegarden (Gallaudet Classics in Deaf Studies Series, Vol. 6)

181 Pages·2007·0.51 MB·English

by  Raymond Luczak

WHEN I AM
DEAD
*
Also by the Editor
Men with Their Hands: A Novel
Snooty: A Comedy
This Way to the Acorns: Poems
Silence is a Four-Letter Word: On Art & Deafness
St. Michael’s Fall: Poems
Eyes of Desire: A Deaf Gay and Lesbian Reader (as Editor)
WHEN I AM
D E A D
*
The Writings of
George M. Teegarden
*
Raymond Luczak
Editor
Gallaudet University Press
Washington, D.C.
Gallaudet University Press
Washington, D.C. 
http://gupress.gallaudet.edu
©  by Raymond Luczak
All rights reserved
Published 
Printed in the United States of America
Cover photograph: Courtesy of the Gallaudet University Archives
Cover design by Mona Z. Kraculdy
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Teegarden, George M. (George Moredock), 1852–1936.
When I am dead : the writings of George M. Teegarden / Raymond Luczak, editor.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-56368-348-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Deaf, Writings of the, American. 2. Deaf—Literary collections.
I. Luczak, Raymond, 1965– II. Title.
PS3539.E165W45 2007
818′.409—dc22
2007006552
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements for
American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper
for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z.-.
for John Lee Clark

Contents
Acknowledgments xi
The Slimmest of Evidence: An Open Letter
to George M. Teegarden 
Part One: Stories
In Pennsylvania
Horned Toads 
Gusky 
A Kind Dog 
Playing with Powder 
A Bad Cat 
A Little Spartan 
A Strange Accident 
Dangerous Coasting 
History Lessons
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet 
A Ring of Ill-Omen 
Benjamin Franklin 
Venice 
Memorial Address for
Rev. John G. Brown, D. D. 
Aaron Burr’s Daughter 
vii
Life Lessons
The Fox 
The Boy and His Stomach 
The Lark and the Young Ones 
The Grateful Dog 
Boys and Monkeys 
The Miller and His Donkey 
Two Kittens 
Rudely Awakened 
Borrowed Plumes 
The Gentleman and the Banana Peel 
Absent-Minded 
Animal Stories
Molly and the Canary 
Fight with an Owl 
The Bird and the Snake 
“Hiram’s Cow” 
The Tiger’s Bath 
A Huntress 
The Stork and the Dog 
The Lion and the Spaniel 
Saved by Sheep 
Elenore and Nero 
The Monkey and the Sugar 
The Toad, the Snake, and the Tramp 
viii
Retellings
Lady Jane of Lorn 
Echo 
Arachne 
Vanlander and Amilias 
The Lady of the Lawn 
Issa 
People Stories
The Ugly Aunt 
The Maid of the Inn 
Three Little Ones and the Giants 
Yellow Hair and Blue Eyes 
Dining-Room Talk 
Father Pumpkin 
The Youth and the Northwind 
Alice 
Ginevra 
A Cuban Amazon 
Four Brothers 
Uncle Sam 
Personal Notes
Missive to Alice () 
My Connection with and My Activities at the
Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf 
A Pleasant Summer Trip () 
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